Kubonakala ngathi okwangoku, iCelebgate iyaqhubeka nokuthetha xa ithiyori, emva kokungena entolongweni komtyholwa wesine, eli tyala bekufanele ukuba liphelisile iindaba ezinxulumene noko. Kodwa hayi. Kuyabonakala ukuba bekukho abantu aba-4 ababandakanyekayo ukufikelela kobuninzi beeakhawunti ze-iCloud, phakathi kwezinye ngo-2014 kwaye oko kwachaphazela inani elikhulu labantu abadumileyo.
UChristopher Brannan utyholwa ngokufikelela okungagunyaziswanga kwiiakhawunti zabantu abadumileyo ngo-2014. UBrannan uye wavuma ukufikelela kwiindawo ezijikelezileyo. I-200 iCloud, i-Facebook kunye neeakhawunti ze-Yahoo ukukhuphela ulwazi lomntu siqu olufana neefoto kunye neevidiyo ezigcinwe kwezi akhawunti.
Njengabo bonke abanye abatyholwa, u-Brannan wasebenzisa indibaniselwano yeempendulo zokhuseleko kunye ne-imeyile engeyiyo evela kwinkonzo yenkxaso ka-Apple apho babethunyelwe khona kwi iwebhusayithi yobuxoki ifana nqwa neApple enye (kwimeko yabo bachaphazeleka yi-iCloud) kwaye basebenzise isoftware ekhethekileyo evela kwinkampani i-Elcomsoft ukukhuphela yonke imixholo egcinwe kwiiakhawunti ze-iCloud kwiiseva ze-Apple. Ekugqibeleni wazama ukurhweba loo datha kwi-Intanethi.
Ukongeza ekufikeleleni kwiiakhawunti ezininzi zabantu abadumileyo, u-Brannan wasebenzisa amaqhinga afanayo ukufikelela kwiakhawunti ye-ICloud-sister-in-law yakhe kunye neeakhawunti zootitshala e-Lee-Davis High School eVirginia, apho Wayengutitshala okhethekileyo kwezemfundo kude kube ngo-2015.
Abatshutshisi bavumile Isigwebo seenyanga ezingama-34 ngenxa kaBrannan, isohlwayo esiza kuqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 25, 2019. Amagqwetha kaBrannan athi akanguye umntu othanda inxaxheba kwezobupolitika kwaye uthathe indawo yokunqongophala kokunxibelelana kwezentlalo ngokubona iifoto zobomi babanye abantu, ke akufuneki abizwe ngokuba ungumoni ngokwesondo. . Njengabatyholwa aba-4 bangaphambili, u-Brannan ulivumile ityala lakhe kwiikhompyuter nakubusela besazisi.